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The Firefly and the Log

from Just Sayin' Volume One by The Middle Americans

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What is Joe Hadar thinking? His story about consciousness and baseball lays in nicely with the bounce of the reggae chops and the snark of the guitar solos. I’m a sucker for a good story and the sound of a guitar through a three and a half watt silvertone amp so this is a favorite of mine. That’s Jessica Webb singing interjections throughout.
Erick Hovey

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Alright so, the firefly and the log agree, yes agree, about the velocity of the current flowing in river X
The fly only sees, one came down the Allegheny the other the Monongahela, his own speed velocity
One the theoretical, hypothetical, free flow body in a fluid flow
The other with a gnat’s ass sense of self will and what happened, slightly lower value than our ideal
Why am I so different, wait, your different, your different
The firefly and the log disagree on this thing too
We’re not the same
Floating along in the psychic entropy propelled simply by time, four sixty twenty-one skidoo
At ever lower energy states, until the DNA collapses back in on itself, during the seventh inning stretch
Jesus Christos, team physio retired superstar of Minnesota Twins legend
World series, Harmom Killibrew, in 1917, plays no part in this story what so ever
Harmon Killibrew plays no part in this story, It’s still fun to say his name, still fun to say it
One came down the Allegheny, Yeah, the log, the other the Monongahela
Propelled simply by time, the ideal, the log, I want to see you, to ever lower energy
The firefly and the log agree to disagree, propelled, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee
In river Y, why the fly only sees its own speed
We got canoes full of beer
I know
Who wrote the song
The angles of Los Angela play during the seventh inning stretch
As if half expecting, the specimen floating, looks at the current and naturally calculates
The return, of all-star center fielder Jesus Christos
You know what you’re not that great
Your totally imperfect, the log, the unthinking specimen floating back in on itself
And I love you just that way, the firefly and the log disagree on this thing too

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from Just Sayin' Volume One, released September 10, 2021
Lyrics by Joe Hadar, music by Erick Hovey
Recorded by Erick Hovey in The Barn, mastered by Dave Hearn
Vocal: Joe Hadar
Backing vocal: Jessica Webb
Guitars: Erick Hovey

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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa

Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more

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